GOP: Big Tech Is Playing a Losing Game of Monopoly

Power, the real Supreme Court’s Clarence Thomas threatens, that must be reined in. And soon. “One person controls Facebook… and just two control Google,” the justice observed in an April order. In other words, three people have enough authority to pull anyone from the digital square – “even a commander-in-chief.” If a company, even a private one like Zuckerberg’s can shut you down because they disagree with you, we’re in frightening new territory as a nation.

“Big Tech apologists argue that private companies are free to censor as they please,” the New York Post points out. “And it’s true that the First Amendment prohibits only government from silencing viewpoints. But private ownership is never the beginning and end of constitutional analysis, not when there is so much at stake.” Thomas, who acknowledged that his court will be forced to weigh in on Big Tech’s censorship sooner rather than later, thinks it’s time to start lumping social media in with businesses like phone carriers. They also connect people with information, but they’re required to serve everyone without discrimination.